Doing nothing
Else clues• ___ curiosity
• ___ speculation
• ___ hands are the devil's tools
• ... and an ___ soul shall suffer hunger (Pr. 19:15)
• ...an ___ soul shall suffer hunger (Prov 16:15)
• 'As ___ as a painted ship...': Coleridge
• Arcadian Adventures with the ___ Rich (Stephen Leacock satire)
• At liberty, to performers
• But he said, Ye are ___ (Ex. 5:17)
• Monty Python regular
• Monty Python star
• Monty Python troupe member
• Monty Python trouper
• Nuns on the Run star
• Spamalot creator
• Spamalot creator Eric
• Spamalot lyricist Eric
• Tears, ___ tears, I know not what they mean: Tennyson
• Trivolous
• Why stand ye here all the day ___? (Matthew 20:6)
• Actor Eric of Monty Python
• Aimless
• All the unemployed and some of the rich
• An anagram for deli
• Asleep, say
• At a standsfill
• At leisure
• At liberty
• At loose ends
• At rest
• Barely run, as an engine
• Baseless
• Be a layabout
• Be in neutral
• Between assignments
• Between chores
• Between engagements
• Between gigs
• Between jobs
• Between tasks
• Casual
• Cause a screen saver to start
• Cleese cohort
• Cleese colleague
• Cleese/Chapman cohort
• Cleese's cohort, once
• Comedian Eric
• Comedic actor Eric
• Dawdle
• Daydreaming, perhaps
• Daydreaming, say
• Dilly-dallying
• Dillydally
• Displaying a screen saver
• Do nothing
• Do zip
• Doing nada
• Doing plenty of nothing
• Doing squat
• Doing zip
• Dormant
• Empty
• Empty, as talk
• Emulate a couch potato
• Enjoy the hammock
• Enjoying downtime
• Enjoying some downtime
• Enjoying the life of Riley
• Eric featured in Monty Python's Personal Best
• Eric in Life of Brian
• Eric of Monty Python
• Eric of Monty Python's Flying Circus
• Eric of Monty Python fame
• Eric who wrote the book for Spamalot
• Eric who wrote the Monty Python song Always Look on the Bright Side of Life
• Fain
• Faineant
• Fallow
• Far from busy
• For an audience, pop star is not working (4)
• Frequent Cleese co-star
• Fritter away time
• Frivolous
• Fruitless
• Furloughed
• Futile
• Gathering dust
• Gathering dust, e.g.
• Gathering dust, so to speak
• Go nowhere
• Going nowhere
• Going nowhere, not fast
• Goof off
• Goofing off
• Groundless
• Groundless, as a rumour
• Groundless, as rumors
• Groundless, as speculation
• Hammockbound
• Hang around
• Hang out
• Hanging around
• Hanging out, say
• Hanging, so to speak
• Harmless, as threats
• Having an off day
• Having no basis
• Having nothing to do, lied outrageously (4)
• Having time on one's hands
• In between tasks
• In couch-potato mode
• In mothballs
• In neutral
• Inactive
• Inactive Tool song?
• Indolent
• Insignificant, as chatter
• Insignificant, as gossip
• Jeff Gordon sits in it sometimes
• Jobless
• Just chilling
• Just chilling out
• Just hanging around
• Just hanging out
• Just hanging, so to speak
• Just loafing
• Just lying around
• Just plain lazy
• Just sitting
• Just sitting around
• Just sitting there
• Just twiddling one's thumbs
• Just twiddling the thumbs
• Keep the car warm
• Keep the engine running
• Keep the engine running in park
• Keep the engine running without driving
• Keep the motor humming
• Keep the pedal off the metal
• Kicked back
• Kicking back
• Kill time
• Killing time
• Kind of chatter
• Kind of curiosity
• Kind of hands that are the devil's playthings
• Kind of speculation
• Kind of talk
• Knock about
• Laid off
• Lallygag
• Laze
• Lazing
• Lazing about
• Leave in neutral
• Leave the engine running
• Let a boat's engine run in neutral
• Let the boat's engine run
• Like 'a painted ship upon a painted ocean'
• Like a couch potato
• Like a fl
• Like a MOMA ship
• Like a relief pitcher when Ryan pitched a no-hitter
• Like a slacker between albums
• Like an ineffective threat
• Like computers with screen savers running
• Like doodling
• Like gossip
• Like hands co-opted by the Devil?
• Like hands the devil uses
• Like inconsequential talk
• Like many a thought
• Like many rumors
• Like much chatter
• Like much gossip
• Like one who's taking five
• Like some chatter
• Like some chitchat
• Like some fears
• Like some gossip or hands
• Like some hands
• Like some rumors
• Like some thoughts
• Like some threats
• Like someone taking five
• Like the Maytag repairman, in commercials
• Like weak threats
• Loaf
• Loaf at work
• Loaf from the deli
• Loitering, e.g.
• Lounge
• Lounging
• Lounging about
• Lounging around
• Lying around
• Lying fallow
• Mark time
• Marking time
• Meaningless
• Member of Cleese and Chapman's cohort
• Monty Python member
• Monty Python member and composer Eric
• Monty Python member Eric
• Monty Python performer
• Monty Python troupe member Eric
• Monty Python's Eric
• Mothballed
• Neutral state?
• No longer working
• No-throttle engine speed
• Nonproductive
• Nonworking
• North American river
• Not active
• Not at work
• Not being productive
• Not being used
• Not busy
• Not currently occupied
• Not doing anything
• Not doing much
• Not doing much of anything
• Not employed
• Not engaged
• Not going anywhere
• Not in action
• Not in gear
• Not in operation
• Not in production
• Not in use
• Not lifting a finger
• Not moving
• Not occupied
• Not operating
• Not playing
• Not playing this week
• Not playing today
• Not running
• Not scheduled to compete
• Not scheduled to play
• Not up to anything
• Not up to much
• Nothing doing?
• Obey a stop sign
• Of no importance
• Of no significance
• Of no use
• Off
• Off from work
• Off the job
• Off-duty
• Off-line, perhaps
• Off, in a way
• On break
• On break, say
• On one's duff
• On one's keister
• On strike
• On the couch
• On the shelf
• Onetime cohort of Cleese, Palin et al.
• Otiose
• Out of action
• Out of work
• Out of work, e.g.
• Pal of Palin
• Palin co-star of the '70s and '80s
• Park with the engine running
• Pink-slip
• Pointless
• Potentially going into screen saver mode
• Prepare to drag race
• Put in neutral
• Put it in neutral
• Put out of work
• Putter
• Python named Eric
• Respond to a red light
• Resting
• Run a car in neutral
• Run at a red light